MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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